Combination desk and telephone holder



July 1, 1930. J. MARTIN 1,769,445

COMBINATION DESK AND TELEPHONE HOLDER Filed May 25, 1929 JON/V MA 7'/ V, 87

1977 RNl'Y-f ?atentecl July 1, 1930.

JOHN MARTIN, or 'ronoN'ro, oN'm-R-Io, CANADA.

COMBINATION DESK AND ,TELEFHONE nomm i Application filed May 25, 1929. SeriaI Nd. 365,948,

My invention relates to improvements in combination desks and telephone holders, and the object of the invention is to devise simple means which will hold a telephone directory and a telephone in a convenientv position for use ,and will serve as a desk when in the open position and a container for a. directory when closed, and also for collapsible pad or tablet supports which, when the holder is in the open position, may assume a convenient position for support-- ing the hand while writing thereon, and -which may be collapsed'into compact form to permit of the container assuming the closed position, and it consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device shown in the closed position, and a telephone supported thereon.

Fig. 2 is a similar View to Fig. 1 showing my device in the open position for use;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View through F ig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view through Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a front detail elevation of the telephone support and the light source by which the telephone dial and directory are simultaneously illuminated.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 and 2 are two members of a container,

. the member 1 corresponding to the cover and the member 2 corresponding to the body. The members 1 and 2 are hingedly connected together as indicated at 3. The member 1 is placed face-wise against a wall surface and secured thereto by means of screws or other securing means indicated at 1". The side beneath the strip 4 as clearly indicate'din I Fig? .v.

The upper edge of the-side walls'of the body member 2' are preferably inclined downward towards the front 2*, a bead 2 eXt-ending'aroundthe body member '2 parallel withtheupper edges oflthe walls there'- of'so that when'the body member 2 is swung upward to its closed position the bead 2 will fit against the correspondingly inclined edges of the sidewalls of the member 1. (iand 7 arelink braces pivotally connected at 7* to the sidewalls of the member 2 and connected at th'eirupper ends to the side walls of themember 1. by bolts'ti extending through the slots 1 so as to be freely slidable longitudinally thereof.

8 is a telephone support which is in the form of a tray extending forward from the member 1 and provided with side portions 8*provided with flanged lower ends 8 secured by screws 9 to the member 1 byfextending through the upper wall of such member-into the filling strip 4. a 10 indicates a telephonedirectory which is laid within the member 2 in an open-position ready for use. 11 is a light source in the form of an incandescent bulb supportedby a bracket 11 depending from the telephone support 8. (See Figure 5.)

11" is an orifice formed in the'bottom wall of the telephone support 8- adjacent the front wall 8 of such support. By this means the light rays directed upwardly from the light source 11 impinge upon the inner face of the wall of the telephone support and are reflected upward through the orifice 11 so as to illuminate the dial 12" of the telephone 12. Light rays from the light source 1-1 also extend downward so as to illuminate the telephone directory'10.- s

13 is a loose-leaf book by which the sub scriber may make a note of any "particular telephone number. The book 13 is supported upon a supporting plate 14 being securedthereto by hooks 14* passing through per"- forations 13* in'tbe leaves of the book 13. 15 are arms located at each side of the book support 1 1 and hingedly connected at one end to the vertical wall of the member 1 and at their opposite end to the sidesof the late support 14 at points intermediate its length.

The inner ends of the arms 15 are provided with inwardly extending rectangular portions 15* which extend beneath leaf springs 16 which are secured permanently at their u per ends to the face of the vertical wall oi the member 1 and extend at their 0 posite or free ends through 100 s 16 pre erably stamped out of the metal orming the vertical wall of the member 1. The supporting plate 14 is provided at its upper and lower ends with curved lips 17 and 18 serving as finger grips by which the late 14 may be raised or lowered as desire.

19 is a pad which is secured to a supporting plate similar to the plate 14 similarly connected to the vertical wall of the member .1. The supporting plate of the ad 19 is shown in the collapsed position, wliich position the plate 14 will assume when closed. When it is desired to use the pad 19 the lower lip corresponding to the lip 18 is gripped and drawn forward into a position correspondin to the position in which the book 13 is s iown. When in this position both the book and the pad form" a convenient hand-rest so that any insertion may be 39 readily written, the arm of the writer resting upon the member 2 and the contained directory 10.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple device whereby a telephone directory and other devices for making notations may be compactly held out of sight and yet always ready for use, and in which the telephone is supported in such a position that it will be convenient 40 for use when the telephone subscriber is sitting before the member 2. used as a desk. It may also be pointed out that when a box telephone is used the member 1- of the con tainer is secured in such a position upon the i wall that the lower portion of the box will fit into the tray support 8 in such a osition that when the writer is using the te ephone container as a desk the mouthpiece of the telephone will be in the right position in. front of the subscribers mouth for use.

What I claim as my invention is In a device of the class described, a tele phone support comprising a shelf on which a tele hone is carried and having an ori- 65 fice a jacent its edge, a light source located beneath the shelf, and a rim extending around the ed e of the shelf and so formed as torefiect t e light rays from the light source as they pass through the aforesaid orifice back onto the dial of the telephone carried upon said shelf.

JOHN MARTIN, 

